Coronation Street fans have been left confused after spotting a major ‘plot hole’ in the ITV soap.
Last week, a terrifying incident drove an even bigger wedge into Daisy Midgeley (Charlotte Jordan) and Jenny Connor’s (Sally Ann Matthews) already fragile relationship.
When left looking after Bertie Osbourne, Jenny was distracted by a phone call and was horrified to find that the young boy had wandered off while her back was turned.
He was soon found by Cassie Plummer (Claire Sweeney) and Steve McDonald (Simon Gregson) in the Metcalfe’s hot tub, having fallen in after trying to retrieve his lost ball.
The situation was devastatingly reminiscent of an incident from Jenny and Daisy’s past when Jenny’s son Tom drowned in a paddling pool.
After Bertie had been given the all-clear at the hospital, Daisy confronted Jenny, and conversation soon turned to Tom’s loss.
In her fury at being accused of being unfit to be a parent, Jenny placed the blame for Tom’s death on Daisy, claiming that she’d asked her to keep an eye on him while she went inside for two minutes to retrieve her purse.
This left fans confused, as previous mentions of this backstory had always implied that Jenny was alone with Tom when he drowned.
Taking to Reddit, one viewer said: ‘The way Tom’s death was described up until now made it out like Jenny was the only one there.
‘Now I know Daisy didn’t exist in 2015, but this changes quite a lot?’
Another fan recalled a storyline from after Jenny’s return to Coronation Street in 2015 when she kidnapped Jack Webster (now played by Kyran Bowes) while struggling with her grief over Tom’s death.
‘When it was mentioned then, the police said (to Kevin & Sophie) that he died because Jenny left him completely unattended,’ the fan pointed out.
‘It was all related to her and now suddenly she’s blaming it all on Daisy? It makes no sense.’
Another viewer pointed out that it didn’t make sense from Daisy’s perspective either, insisting that she would have felt some level of guilt over the situation if she had been present.
‘Even on Daisy’s side it doesn’t make sense if she had been in the garden then wouldn’t she have blamed her self or conclude Jenny blamed her especially given they didn’t speak for years after.’
